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It has been no secret bonds have been a poor investment this year. The F-fund is down 2.28% in 2018 as of February 27th making it the only TSP fund with a negative return. The underperformance of the F-fund stands out when compared to the outperforming C-fund which is up 2.95% in 2018. With the recent correction in the major stock indices, there has been an increase of uncertainty in the stock market despite the fact that those indices seem to be on course to erase those correction losses in record
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Stocks continued the rally triggered by last Friday's jobs report into this week . The market flattened out Wednesday which was then followed by a gap up Thursday. The tragic news concerning Nice, France was followed by some profit taking Friday, filling the open gap produced Thursday.

With stocks up, bonds were down giving the F-fund the only negative return for the TSP funds. The I-fund led with more than a 3% gain for the week.

Stocks were up at Monday's open but were unable to produce any further upside intraday. The gap produced was filled Tuesday wiping out most of the gains from Monday. Stocks opened down Wednesday but, with the help of crude oil, closed well off the lows to produce slight gains on the day. The postive action carried on into Thursday putting stocks at the high for the week but was followed by some modest losses Friday although stocks did not fall far from their weekly high.